Senate Bill S2950

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to sex offender residence limitation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2950 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A752
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Rel §168-w to be §168-x, add §168-w, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6778, A9025
2017-2018: S968, A860
2019-2020: S1953, A432
2021-2022: S1773, A583
2023-2024: S1881, A9608

2015-S2950 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sex offender residence limitation; restricts level two and three sex offenders from residing within 1,500 feet of their victims.

2015-S2950 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2950 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2950

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. MURPHY, AVELLA, BONACIC, GOLDEN, LARKIN, RANZENHOF-
  ER, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to restricting sex
  offenders from residing near the residence of their victim

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as relettered by chap-
ter  604  of  the  laws  of  2005, is relettered section 168-x and a new
section 168-w is added to read as follows:
  S 168-W. LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCE  LIMITATION;
PENALTY.  1.  IT  SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX
OFFENDER TO KNOWINGLY RESIDE WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET  OF  THE  RESI-
DENCE OF A VICTIM OF HIS OR HER SEX OFFENSE OR SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE.
  2.  THE  RESIDENCE  PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AS LONG AS THE OFFENDER IS CLASSIFIED
AS A LEVEL TWO OR THREE SEX OFFENDER.
  3. IN ANY PROSECUTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, IT SHALL BE AN  AFFIR-
MATIVE  DEFENSE  THAT,  AFTER  THE  SEX  OFFENDER'S  CONVICTION OF A SEX
OFFENSE OR SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE, THE VICTIM OF SUCH  OFFENSE  ESTAB-
LISHED  A  RESIDENCE  WITHIN  FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF THE SEX OFFENDER'S
RESIDENCE.
  4. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO REQUIRE THE DISCLO-
SURE OR NOTIFICATION OF THE ADDRESS OF ANY VICTIM TO A SEX OFFENDER.
  5. A SEX OFFENDER WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02347-01-5


              

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